CNN political analyst and President-elect Donald Trump supporter Scott Jennings believes that Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth destroyed the Democrat senators who went after him at his hearing.

Speaking on CNN the analyst said that Hegseth “kicked their asses.”

“Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick to run the Department of Defense, took a lot of tough questions on Capitol Hill earlier today. Despite that, CNN has learned that President-elect Donald Trump’s team is in good spirits. They see the warm reception that he received from Republican senators as a very good sign,” CNN anchor Dana Bash said.

“I want to discuss this with CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings and CNN political commentator Karen Finney. Hello to both of you. Scott, what’s your takeaway?” he said.

“Well, in short, I think Pete Hegseth kicked their asses today. I mean, it wasn’t even close. They didn’t lay a glove on Hegseth. No mistakes. Calm, cool, collected. I mean, before the thing even started, you had this like Code Pink, you know, protester freak show trying to disrupt the hearing,” Jennings continued.

“That’s the Democratic base, by the way, which probably explains why the Democrats on the committee acted in such a bizarre and unprofessional way. I was appalled at some of the way these senators handled themselves and some of the lines of questioning. I mean, Tim Kaine sounded like a sex pervert in his questioning of Pete Hegseth,” he said.

“Blumenthal, who lied about his service in Vietnam, questioning Hegseth’s qualifications. You had Gillibrand. You had Warren. You had Hirono going on unhinged rants about things. Angus King obviously doesn’t understand what it’s like to fight terrorism. On and on and on, Hegseth was cool in the face of this unhinged questioning,” Jennings said.

“They made him look good today. It would be difficult for a Republican to vote against Hegseth after the Democrats’ unseemly mudslinging today,” he added.